"I
am a printmaker with a painter’s sensibility. Monotype is a technique
with allows for a painterly, colorful and spontaneous approach to
creating images. Animals fascinate me and provide me with a rich source
of forms, textures and expressions to work with.

The combination of
monotype and collage allows me to compose and adapt in response to the
unique subject. When I let go of total control of the process, it is
clear which elements should be cut away and which should be enhanced
with texture, color, and light.

The process becomes exciting as I
discover the relationships between a shorebird on the beach, for
instance, and the image in my mind, the paintbrushes, the press, the
paper, and the combination of ink colors that faithfully express the
bird’s individual characteristics and universal beauty."

Hourglass
Footwear is a women-owned and operated company of ten Seattle-area
artists and designers who create bold, edgy, high-fashion shoes that are
one-of-a-kind and 100% original: each pair is custom hand-painted to
order.

The company was founded by Kira Bundlie and Lisa Ström in response to what they saw as a growing need for self-expression and
customization in fashion.

Erynn Rose
started taking pictures in the early 90’s, mostly because he was
surrounded by a family of photographers who he felt were always taking
pictures of the wrong thing. He picked up the camera to show them what
they were missing. Now he can be found wandering Seattle with a variety
of digital and film cameras to try and capture Seattle in all her glory.
He specializes in tilt-shift* views of the city, making it look like a
detailed architectural model. You may have seen his work in Seattle Magazine, or Where Seattle books and maps.

Fremont Bridge

Seattle

Gasworks

*What
is tilt-shift? Tilt-shift imposes a fake depth of field on the image,
resembling what you would see in a close-up image of small objects,
tricking the eye and making it look like a miniature scene. This is
achieved either by tilting the lens off the body, leaving just a line of
the image in focus, or in post-production blurring all but a tight
section of the image.

Two local artists, Joseph Lambert aka Jazzy Photo, and producer/choreographer, Annalisa Peterson, are working on Harnessed, a dance film shot in Ballard and Capitol Hill. As they enter the final stages of production, they are searching for the right venue to host a screening during the September ArtWalk.

To contact the artists, send a message to 2ndsaturdayballardartwalk@gmail.com.